A federal jury in Tampa awarded drug testing company Ameritox $14.775 million in damages after finding that a competitor, Millennium Laboratories, violated federal Stark and Anti-Kickback laws. Ameritox, based in Baltimore, sued Millennium in 2011 claiming that the competitor’s practice of giving doctor’s free “point-of-care” testing cups to get them to send Millennium business, according to a statement.

General Motors Co. recalled more than 3 million more cars globally for ignition switch issues on Monday, which represents about double the number of GM vehicles with known switch problems, according to Reuters. The recall involves midsize and fullsize cars with ignition switches that can be jarred out of the "run" position, the report said. This is the latest in 44 recalls from GM this year, involving about 20 million cars.

I love a good dose of financial reality. It would cost more than $340,000 to buy every product in the latest issue of Vogue, compared to close to $16,000 for everything featured in the June issue of Real Simple. Quartz priced out items in 10 recent issues of magazines, products with prices prominently displayed nearby. The report also broke down ad prices and average product price per page.

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